Jon Montgomery

Jonathan Riley " Jon" Montgomery ( born May 6, 1979 in Russell, Manitoba ) is a Canadian skeleton bob.

Jon Montgomery made ​​his international debut as a 23 as part of the America's Cup in December 2002. His first notable placings he reached ninth and fourth in the same competition in Calgary two years later. At the Canadian championships 2005 he finished sixth. In November 2005, he made the America's Cup in Park City and Calgary four second place behind Chris Hedquist in a row. After that he started in Skeleton European Cup and was among other others in St. Moritz and first in Winterberg and won the European Cup overall standings of the season 2005/06. Since the season 2006/ 07 starts in Montgomery Skeleton World Cup. Already in his first race in November 2006 he came to Calgary to third place and thus created his best result so far in this competition. In 2007 he was also the first Canadian champion. In the 2007 /08 season, the first time he was able to win a World Cup race in Cesana. At the World Championships he won the silver medal with the team and in singles.

On February 20, 2010 Montgomery succeeded before his home crowd by winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, his biggest success.

In the 2010/11 season he won the first World Cup race of the season at his home track in Whistler, but was unable to reach more podium afterwards. In the overall classification, he finished ninth. At the World Cup in Koenigssee, he was in the eleventh single and won the team competition bronze medal.

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